The Pentecost Principle
If there is anything that exemplifies my experience with God over the course of the past 4 years, it is the principle of Pentecost. Radically life giving, life changing, and empowering work of the Spirit of God. When I began this blog in 2010 I was involved in a relationship that I thought was "the relationship" for me. The lifelong love I had always desired but had always eluded me. Turns out I was involved in a relationship that proved to be unhealthy and deeply dishonest. It took me the better part of a year to get over it...and more time after that for my heart to be renewed and my joy to return in full force. During those same weeks and months, my precious and godly Mom was dying. I remember in the weeks after her death that I felt deep grief mixed with an indescribable sense of renewal. It was confusing. What was it about her death that could possibly cause me to feel spiritually renewed? The answer is...